Anna Paquin

Actor

Female

BornJul 24, 1982

Age32

HometownWinnipeg

Net Worth$12 Million

Height5' 5" (165 cm)

NationalityNew Zealander

Alma MaterColumbia Universi...

High SchoolWindward School, ...

Anna Helene Paquin is a Canadian-born New Zealand actress. Paquin's first critically successful film was The Piano, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1993 at the age of 11 – the second youngest winner in history. Her acting career took off almost half a decade later when she appeared in a string of successful films including She's All That, Almost Famous and the X-Men franchise.… Read More

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'By Linda Rosenkrantz for Nameberry
At the beginning of the year, we like to flip back the calendar a hundred years to see what the baby name landscape looked like a century ago. 1914 was a year in which World War I was in full dudgeon, the year that President Wilson officially established Mother’s Day, Charlie Chaplin and Babe Ruth made their debuts, and saw the births of Dylan Thomas, Jonas Salk and Joe DiMaggio.
But the babyname universe was relatively calm, as we can see by looking at...

'It has been 15 years since "She''s All That" hit theaters. For many of us, the teen comedy brings back fond memories of Freddie Prinze Jr. ruling the school and Rachael Leigh Cook rocking that little red dress. But beyond those two teen heartthrobs, "She''s All That" had a pretty stocked cast. From Usher to Sarah Michelle Gellar, here''s who you probably forgot was in "She''s All That." Paul Walker
After playing the too-popular-for-his-own-good Dean Sampson, Walker went on to appear in th...

' Though talk of Jennifer Lawrence''s fashion has been amplified this awards season, the Oscar winner, 23, has proven she can be just as buzzed about without any clothes on. Staring ahead confidently in her blue X-Men Mystique makeup, Lawrence is featured on one of the 25 limited edition collector''s covers for Empire Magazine''s March 2014 issue.
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Mystique is a staple in the X-Men world, teaming up with the Brotherhood to form an entirely-mutant world th...

' ''Free Ride'' filmmaker may have been too close to the topic in this drama based on her own life. Anna Paquin stars. Movies based on a filmmaker''s own life story can be a slippery slope. Events may not always seem as interesting to outsiders as they were — and obviously still are — to the actual participants, while more dramatic license than what was taken is often needed to craft a stronger filmic narrative.'